Originally Posted by
Bianchigirll
T-Mar I wasn't thinking the tubulars were an upgrade but rather a "I am selling this I'll keep the clinchers and put those old tubulars" on it kind of thing.
Does anyone else find it frustrating that you can't actually grab a bike like this and check it out in person? When I see a bike like this htere are so many things I want to see on it right away it drives me crazy that I can't.
I certainly wouldn't discount that possibility.
Not being unable to personally examine some of these bicycles can be quite quite frustrating. I often think that if I could have 5 minutes with a bicycle, I could unravel most of the mystery. It gets especially frustrating when dealing with newbies who go off on their own tangent, thinking they know more than you. Right now, there's another thread where this is happening. I feel like telling the member to throw the bicycle in his trunk, drive the one hour to my shop and I'll tell him everything possible and fix up all his mechanical issues without the constant bantering back and forth and a dozen different opinions from a dozen different members.